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Joan Armatrading -- Harold Baines -- Danny Barker -- Beenie Man -- Tonya Bolden -- Gerald M. Boyd -- Wayne Brady -- Dionne Brand -- Dee Dee Bridgewater -- Nathaniel Bronner Sr. -- Ray Buchanan -- Mariah Carey -- Samuel J. Chisholm -- Austin C. Clarke -- Cheryl Clarke -- George Elliott Clarke -- Daunte Culpepper -- George DeBaptiste -- Kimberly Elise -- Stepin Fetchit -- Cecil A. Foster -- Nnenna Freelon -- Paul Goodnight -- A.C. Green -- Hill Harper -- Glenda Hatchett -- Fletcher Henderson -- Donna Hill -- Shirley Horn -- DJ Jazzy Jeff -- Lonnie G. Johnson -- Alicia Keys -- Byron Lars -- Rae Lewis-Thornton -- Maurice Malone -- Julianne Malveaux -- Rita Marley -- Henry L. Marsh III -- Whitman Mayo -- David McPherson -- Frank L. Mingo -- DeWayne Minor -- Shane Mosley -- Micere Githae Mugo -- Nelly -- Stella Obasanjo -- Raoul Peck -- Marlene Nourbese Philip -- Michael K. Powell -- Dianne Reeves -- Minnie Riperton -- Darren Sharper -- Earl Shinhoster -- Cladys Ajabbo Smith -- Mamie Smith -- APops Staples -- Tammi Terrell -- Timbaland -- Lorraine Toussaint -- Yvonne Vera -- Vanessa Williams -- Shay Youngblood
Biographical profiles of important and influential persons of African heritage who form the international black community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields providing coverage of names found in today's headlines as well as selected individuals from earlier in this century whose influence continues to have an impact on contemporary life